I'm sooooo sorry that it has taken so long to update. College has kept me really busy, but I'll try to be better about it. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
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To Catch A Star~*By PuRpLeDiRt*~
Chapter 3
* I'm trapped in this
memory
and I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
even though you're close to me
you're still so distant and i can't bring you back
*
Kagome woke up to a banging on her door. Her mother was screaming at her to get up and get ready. Kagome just grumbled in response. She pulled herself out of bed and realized she had a bad headache. Then she remembered why. Probably all that hatred she emitted last night. She got up, showered and got dressed, and met her mom in the kitchen for breakfast.
"You all ready to go, Kagome? We are heading over to Tenseiga Records to make the finishing touches on your tour schedule. Also, you will be singing a duet or two with your tour partner." Kagome's mother said, hoping not to reveal too much in her statement.
"So I take it that you are not going to tell me who I'm touring with?"
"I thought that I'd leave that as a nice little surprise for you." Rella said sweetly.
"Hrump...grrp…" Kagome mumbled while stuffing a muffin in her mouth. "Oh mom, I wrote a new song last night that I could play on the tour."
"That's nice dear, but remember, don't talk with your mouth full." Rella reprimanded. "Come on, we need to get going, or we'll be late."
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"Hrmp…." Inuyasha mumbled in response to a screaming voice. His mom was calling him from somewhere in the house, of course, waking him up out of a dead sleep. 'Shit my head hurts. What did I do last night?' The memories of last night at the club flooded back into his head. He remembered coming home and drinking himself into a drunken stupor because he didn't know what else to do about this confusing situation.
"Inuyasha, get your lazy butt out of bed. We need to meet your brother at Tenseiga Records to close the deal about your summer tour. Don't you want to meet your tour partner?" Laela called.
Inuyasha pulled himself out of bed and went to take a shower, downing a couple of painkillers on his way to the bathroom. 15 minutes later he emerged, fully clean, clothed, and ready to go. Wearing a pair of loose fit baggy jeans and a dress shirt, untucked with the sleeves rolled up, and left the top two buttons undone on the shirt to expose his toned chest, Inuyasha walked down the stairs into the breakfast room where he was greeted by the servants and his mother.
"Hurry up and eat a quick breakfast, we are running late." Laela scolded. Inuyasha grabbed a biscuit and some jelly off the breakfast buffet and followed his mother out the door to the car where a servant waited with the door open.
"Mom, can't I drive today? I get tired of being chauffeured around everywhere.
"Inuyasha, we've been over this, you know it's for your own safety. Plus, it would take too long to trade out cars and we are already running late. And you know how your brother hates it when we are late."
"Feh, whatever." Inuyasha grunted and climbed into the car. Fifteen minutes later, they were walking into the Tenseiga Records label building.
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Kagome and her mother were already sitting in the conference room, waiting the arrival of her mysterious tour partner. She sat with her back to the door. The door began to swing open and Kagome turned around to see who her partner would be. The door swung fully open and the figure stepped into the room. Kagome's eyes locked with a pair of wide Amber colored eyes.
"You…" Kagome whispered. Her eyes showed a mixture of surprise and anger. "Mother, we are leaving right now. I refuse to work with this baka. I have no desire to do this tour." Kagome seethed, her eyes never leaving Inuyasha's."
"Now Kagome, calm down, we can talk about this like civilized adults." Rella replied calmly.
"WHAT IN THE HELL!" Inuyasha yelled. "What is the meaning of this? And what makes you think that I would actually want to work with this bitch?"
"INUYASHA, sit down right now, and watch your language!" Rella commanded. As she said this, Sesshoumaru walked in and closed the door behind him.
"Inuyasha, Kagome, you will do this tour. As the record label president, I have made it mandatory. If you wish to stay on this label you will do it." Sesshoumaru stated icily.
Both artists grumbled at this and agreed because they couldn't afford to be dropped from the label. They sat on opposite sides of the tabled and engaged in a staring contest. Finally, one of the mothers spoke up.
"We have decided that it is time you two ended this petty argument from seven years ago." And to help matters along, we've gotten you a nice condo together until the tour begins. That way you kids can practice the duets." Laela calmly said, with Rella nodding in agreement.
"WHAT!?" Both kids responded in disbelief. They couldn't believe that their mother's could have schemed such a plan knowing the two did not get along at all.
As soon as the meeting was over and all the contracts were signed, Kagome stormed out the door to the car and began to cry out of anger. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed Sango's number. When Sango answered, Kagome related her sob story to here. Sango tried her best to console Kagome, but she could do nothing to help her friend. Kagome waited in the car until her mother came out of the building to drive her home.
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Back inside, Inuyasha was storming around the room in anger screaming at his mother and half-brother.
"How could you do this to me! Do you want me to just throw my career away! She is going to bring me down! I'll lose a lot of my fans because of her!" Inuyasha began to whine.
"Inuyasha dear, you are blowing things out of proportion! It won't be that bad, and you and I both know that this tour will be a hit because she sings like an angel and all the guys love her, while all the girls love you. It's a perfect match-up!" Laela tried to consol her son. After finally getting him calmed down, they left the building to take Inuyasha home so he could begin to pack to move into the condo tomorrow.
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Sango had come over to help Kagome pack. Even she was in disbelief that Kagome's mother would put her through this. They packed box after bow until Kagome's room stood practically empty. Sango said goodnight to her friend and left her to deal with things by herself. Kagome ended up crying herself to sleep.
The next morning, Kagome rose and got herself ready to face the troubling day. Around 10:00am she was finally ready and packed everything in her car to drive over to the condo. When she arrived, she was a little upset to see Inuyasha's car already sitting in one of the parking spots reserved for the condo. She grabbed one box and headed up to the condo. She found the door unlocked and walked in. As she entered the room, she was blasted with the sounds of loud rock music emitted from the living room. Inuyasha rounded the corner and saw her and grunted. He just pointed towards the back of the condo. Kagome took this as a sign of where her room was and walked in the direction he pointed.
'Well, doesn't look like he's going to help me unload things from my car, so I guess I'll have to do this myself.' Kagome thought.
She headed back down to her car to get another load. As she was leaning into her trunk, she heard a voice from behind her.
"Hey there, pretty thing. Need some help? I'm Kouga, by the way."
Kagome turned around to see a guy about her age with long black hair that was in a high ponytail on his head. "Sure, I could really use the help since my roommate is being such an ass. Oh, I'm Kagome"
"Kagome huh? Not the Kagome, the pop star are you?" Kouga asked, getting a little excited.
"Actually, yes. And my roommate just happens to be the great Inu K." Kagome said sarcastically.
They headed up to the condo and Kouga continued to talk to her. As they entered the condo, they both received strange looks from Inuyasha. Kouga decided to impress Kagome and made a statement to Inuyasha.
"Why are you being such an ass that you can't help this pretty girl out? How about you just stay away from MY Kagome." Kouga smirked.
'My Kagome, where in the hell did he get that from?' Kagome wondered.
"Who in the hell do you think you are to tell me what to do, asshole?" Inuyasha growled. "And she is not yours!"
"Why does it matter to you? Apparently you can't stand each other so I say let her hang around a better guy." Kouga continued to taunt.
"You bastard, you're asking for it." Inuyasha took a fighting stance.
'Why is Inuyasha doing this? I have no clue why his standing up for me against Kouga, but I am kinda glad. This Kouga character is kinda freaking me out.' Kagome continued to wonder.
Inuyasha lunged at Kouga and slammed his fist into Kouga's face.
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Thanks for continuing to read. I'm sorry it takes so long to update, but college is killing me. And I'm sorry this chapter is still a little short, and this chapter kinda sucked. I'll make sure the next one is better, I promise! I don't really know what I'm going to do with this story, so if you have any suggestions, let me know. Please, PLEASE Read and Review!!!!!!!!!!
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